Malucha Pinto Solari (born 16 April 1955) is a Chilean actress, theater director, playwright and politician.
Biography
The daughter of Aníbal Pinto Santa Cruz (and direct descendant of the presidents Francisco Antonio Pinto and Aníbal Pinto Garmendia) and the Nicaraguan-Chilean dancer Malucha Solari, Malucha Pinto began her career on the telenovela , then debuted on Sábado Gigante in 1982 as Señorita Priscilla Caucaman in Los Eguiguren, a segment that ran until early 1987. Her next appearance was on the comedy program De chincol a jote, where she originated several characters with actors such as Coca Guazzini and Gonzalo Robles. In 1992, Pinto, Guazzini, and Robles created a new comedy show on Televisión Nacional de Chile (TVN), Jaguar Yu, which was on the air until 1993.
Malucha Pinto and her husband Joaquín Eyzaguirre are the parents of a son with cerebral palsy named Tomás. In 1996, she wrote the book Cartas para Tomás dedicated to him. This remained on Chile's bestseller list for ten weeks and is now required reading in schools. It was the basis of the play Tomás, in which Coca Guazzini played the role of Malucha.
In 1999 she won an Award for Best Actress for her role in the telenovela .
In 2007, she played the leading role of Leonor Santa Cruz in the Chilevisión series .
Since 9 March 2011, she has been a member of the editorial committee of the weekly newspaper Cambio 21.
In 2011, Pinto directed the play La pasionaria, for which she was nominated for APES and Altazor Awards in 2012. That year she was invited back onto Sábado Gigante with Coca Guazzini, Gonzalo Robles, and Cristián García-Huidobro to revive Los Eguiguren.
In 2016 she received the Elena Caffarena Award for her contribution to the defense of women's rights in Chile. Also in 2016 she returned to Canal 13 to star in Preciosas, playing Marta, a woman in prison who is about to complete her sentence.
Filmography Films Year Title Role Director1982 La Candelaria Silvio Caiozzi1987 Sussi Gonzalo Justiniano1999IsmeniaAlberto Daiber2002 Mercedes Sebastián Alarcón2003The Chosen OneLucreciaGabriel López & Nacho ArgiróXS: The Worst SizeRebeca ChávezJorge López Sotomayor2006 Yurita Sánchez 2012 No Cameo Pablo Larraín2018 Huenchula
Telenovelas Year Title Role Channel1982Olga FilippiCanal 13Employee of Dr. SolerCanal 131999Zulema ChávezCanal 132001Ema LecarosCanal 13Amores de mercadoMónica PeraltaTVN2002Rosa EspinozaTVN2003Laura MachucaTVN2004Prudencia BarreraTVN2005Gloria DuarteTVN2007Leonor Santa Cruz Chilevisión2008Mala ConductaNinfa AcevedoChilevisión2010Teresa Moyano Chilevisión2011 Nélida VerdugoChilevisión2012 La Sexóloga Yolanda TapiaChilevisión2015Buscando a MaríaRaquel CifuentesChilevisión2016PreciosasMarta Brosic Canal 13 2018Soltera otra vez 3Marilu PugaCanal 132019Nueva NocturnaMega
TV series and specials Year Title Role Type Channel1979 Upper Class Woman Guest (1 episode) TVN1989 Guest TVN1997 Bárbara Guest (1 episode) TVN2005 Los simuladores Susana Canal 132009 Mónica Hurtado Lead role Chilevisión2010 Guest Chilevisión2011 Cesantes Soíla Cast (1 episode) Chilevisión2019 La Vida Simplemente Vieja Linda La Red
TV programs El show del Tío Alejandro Sábado Gigante/Los Eguiguren (1982–1987, 2012) – Srta. Priscilla De chincol a jote (1987–1991) Jaguar Yu (1992–1993) – Various characters (2012) – Sra. Lily (La Red, 2013) – Guest Sin Dios Ni Late (Zona Latina, 2013) – Guest Buenos Días a Todos (TVN, 2013) – Guest (La Red, 2013) – Guest Dudo (13C, 2013) – Guest (Mega, 2014) – Guest Buenos Días a Todos (TVN, 2015) – Guest Sin Dios Ni Late (Zona Latina, 2015) – Guest Me Late (UCV, 2016) – Guest Algo Personal (UCV, 2016) – Guest Bienvenidos (Canal 13, 2016) – Guest Mi rincón (Chilevisión, 2017) – Guest (Chilevisión, 2018) – Guest (Chilevisión, 2018) – Guest
Books Cartas para Tomás (1996). 110 pages. Editorial Catalonia. . Cartas de la memoria. Patrimonio epistolar de una generación de mujeres (2007). 336 pages. Editorial Catalonia. .
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